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Why I write memoir

Also: I have my own 'Phoenix rising from the ashes' narrative—I just don't like telling those kinds of stories

May 15 •

Russell Max Simon

How to name your Substack

Introducing Post-Nomad: my process on how and why I rebranded after three years

Jul 18, 2022 •

Russell Max Simon

Things left unwritten

I'm turning 40 and wondering what is still do vs. what remains to give up

Dec 27, 2021 •

Russell Max Simon

Haunted by Hemingway's "One True Sentence"

I've been working on a memoir and I want to give up.

Dec 4, 2021 •

Russell Max Simon

I've agonized for years about "What I'm doing with my writing" — and now I have an answer

Also, it's 2021: Expect a lot more from me on topics you're not used to

Jan 5, 2021 •

Russell Max Simon

Being on Substack is turning in to an identity marker

Let's make sure it happens right.

Nov 16, 2020 •

Russell Max Simon

The tension of writing for an audience

"Give the people what they want to hear" is never a mantra I’ve been particularly interested in following, perhaps to my detriment.

Sep 20, 2020 •

Russell Max Simon

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